Will to Live
Kaneto Shindō1999-01-15
6.3
119 min
It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the substitution of putting a parent into an old people's home for the abandonment of the original. The film won the Golden St. George and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Rentaro Mikuni | Yasukichi | Unowned |
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Shinobu Ôtake | Tokuko | Unowned |
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Naoko Ohtani | Yasukichi's lover | Unowned |
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Akira Emoto | Doctor | Unowned |
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Yoshiko Miyazaki | Tomoko | Unowned |
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Chōei Takahashi | Unowned | |
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Akaji Maro | Unowned | |
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Hideo Kanze | Director of a hospital | Unowned |
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Aya Mizuno | Unowned | |
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Masaru Baba | Unowned | |
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Yuriko Hirooka | Unowned | |
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Hitoshi Kusanagi | Unowned | |
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Ai Toyama | Unowned | |
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Nao Ômori | Unowned | |
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Rinko Kikuchi | Unowned | |
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Naomasa Musaka | Unowned | |
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Hisako Hara | Unowned | |
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Moeko Ezawa | Unowned | |
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Manabu Muraji | Unowned | |
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Yasumi Maezawa | Unowned | |
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Yôko Nakajima | Unowned | |
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Bokuzo Masana | Unowned | |
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Rei Natsume | Unowned | |
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Hideko Yoshida | Old woman at village | Unowned |
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Masayuki Shionoya | Unowned | |
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Ei Hamura | Unowned | |
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Hiromi Nakazato | Unowned | |
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Masahiko Tsugawa | Village chief | Unowned |
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Tokuko Watanabe | Village chief's lover | Unowned |
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Eimei Esumi | Villager | Unowned |
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Fujio Suga | Unowned | |
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Shun Ueda | Unowned | |
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Kikuma Shimoiizaka | Unowned |